Improved car-platform-stake holder



C. H. BRYAN.

Car-Truck Stake-Holder. 'No. 48,899.

Patented July 25,1865.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. BRYAN, OF RAGINE, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVED CAR-PLATFORM-STAKE HOLDER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 48,899, dated July 25,1865.

on, forming part of this specification.

lhe nature of my said invention consists in a novel mode of attachingthe car-stake to the car, whereby the same can readily be turned down ina horizontal position, when it is desired to load or unload the cars,without raising the stake up out from its socket, and, as the lumber orother material with which the cars are loaded naturally presses againstand binds the stakes, the raising up of the stake becomes exceedinglydifficult and the obviating of its necessity exceedingly important;Moreover, the said outward pressure upon the stakes also prevents themfrom being turned down readily, as aforesaid, and my invention likewiseobviates this difficulty.

To enable those skilled in the art to understand how to construct andmake use of my invention, I will proceed to describe the same withparticularity, making reference in so doing to the aforesaid drawings,in which Figure 1 represents an isometrical view of my invention, theseveral parts being detached from each other. Fig. 2 represents themanner in which the invention is applied upon the car, the stake beingupright. Fig. 3 represents a similar view of my invention with the staketurned down; and Fig. 4 represents a detached view of the bolt D andadjustingnutE, hereinafter described.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the sameparts of my invention.

A represents the car-stake, that part of the same which rests in thesocket B being pro vided with a transverse perforation, a, throughwhich, and also through the corresponding hole, I), in the said socket,the bolt D passes and fastens both the stake and its socket to the sillof the car, (marked F,) as shown. The said bolt is provided with a headupon the inner side of the sill, and upon the other end, projecting outthrough the socket, is cut a screw, as shown, upon which is arranged thenut E, provided with an arm, as shown, for convenience in turning thesame. At the upperend of said socket B, when arranged vertically, andinclosing the same, there are fixed upon the car-sill the jaws O, whichare fastened by the bolts or screws marked 0 c.

d d represent pins or brackets for supporting the stakes when arrangedin a horizontal position.

Having described the nature and construction of my invention, I will nowproceed to describe its operation.

Then the stake is in a vertical positiou -the upper end of the socket Blies between the jaws 0, and the bolt passing through the socket andstake being arranged below said jaws, the stakeis held firmly inavertical position, and is also confined rigidly to the car by theadjustable nut- E upon the screw-bolt l). IVhcn it is desired to turndown the said stakes the nut E is turned back from the socket far enoughto give said stake a lateral movement sufficient to withdraw it from thesaid jaws, which also releases it from the pressure of the load againstit, when it can readily be turned down upon either side in a horizontalposition, and rests uponthe support 0!, as shown. To replace orrearrange it in an upright position the stake is brought up and adjustedwithin the jaws U, and the nut E is turned down upon the socket B, andthe stake thus held firmly in a vertical position, as before.

Instead ot'constructing the jaws O as shown in the drawings, it would besufficient that there should be two pins, shoulders, or other suitableprojections arranged so as to keep the stake from falling down.

Having now described the nature, construction, and operation of myinvention, I will specify what I claim therein and desire to se cure byLetters Patent:

1. The combination of the stake A, 'pro vided with the hole a, with thebolt D and nut E, arranged and operating substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

2. In combination with the above, the employment of thejaws 0, arrangedand operat ing as shown and described.

3. The combination of the stake A, socket B, jaws 0, bolt D, and nut E,arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes specifiedand shown.

CHAS. H. BRYAN.

Witnesses:

W. E. MARKS, L. L. OOBURN.

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